How to Write a Standard Journal Entry (Open): As the focus of each standard journal entry, choose a phenomenon, or experiment, or issue from the week’s online lectures and Additional Readings (not from the Infancy Text as that material is evaluated in the quizzes) that particularly interests you and engages your curiosity. Each journal entry should be ½ – 1 page long, single-spaced, and should consist of the following 4 elements (with each element clearly labeled, A. B, C, D).
a) Describe the phenomenon. Describe it thoroughly enough so that another person who has not read the course materials could understand it.
b) Explain why it is interesting to you.
c) Describe some important Research on this phenomenon (referencing the authors and year of the study) and the logic underlying it.
d) Relate this phenomenon to something else you have read in the course and elaborate, OR d) explain a burning issue or follow up question that interests you and describe how you would design a study to further investigate this phenomenon.
Open entries challenge students to integrate their own interests with the Research Methods and Content learning objectives.
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